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June 30, 2012
Lighting flashes Saturday morning in Hebron, Md. Violent storms swept across the eastern United States, killing at least nine people and knocking out power to millions during a weekend of scorching temperatures.
Kristin Roberts
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Salisbury, Md., Daily Times via AP
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June 30, 2012
A destroyed Maserati sits in a driveway in Northwest Washington. The vehicle caught fire when a live wire during Friday night’s severe storm.
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AP
June 30, 2012
Frances Lukens looks at the tangle of boards and tree limbs piercing her living room ceiling in Lynchburg, Va. A huge oak tree fell on the house during the storm the previous night.
Parker Michels-Boyce
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The Lynchburg, Va., News & Advance via AP
June 30, 2012
Mike Wolfe's pickup truck sits crushed under a tree in front of his Falls Church house after Friday's storm. Wolfe's daughter created the "for sale" sign as a joke.
Cliff Owen
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AP
July 1, 2012
Tom Martin, left, and Jim Taylor compete in the double hand bucking contest during the 53rd annual Mid-Sierra Loggers Jamboree in North Fork, Calif. Other contests included log rolling, log birling, axe throwing, tree falling, hand chopping and hot sawing. Hundreds gathered over the weekend-long event to take in the action, as well as the food and merchandise booths.
John Walker
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The Fresno, Calif., Bee via AP
July 1, 2012
Hindu Brahmins, sitting inside huge pots filled with water and flower petals, perform a Parjanya Yagna prayer ritual to appease the rain gods at the Kabir Ashram Temple in Vastral, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India. Subdued rainfall there has triggered concerns about the effect of monsoon season on India's agrarian economy.
Sam Panthaky
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AFP/Getty Images
July 1, 2012
People stand stranded with their domesticated animals on an islet in a flooded area of the Sonitpur district in the Indian state of Assam. Incessant heavy rains in northeast India have caused massive flooding and landslides, killing more than 60 people, local media reported Sunday.
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Reuters
July 1, 2012
Camel traders beat a camel to put it on a pickup truck after it was sold at a market northwest of Cairo.
Asmaa Waguih
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Reuters
July 1, 2012
An armed police officer walks inside African Inland Church in Garissa, Kenya, as a body of one of those killed in an assault there lies underneath church pews. Grenade and gunfire attacks on two Kenyan churches killed 10 people and wounded 40 Sunday in what is thought to be an attack by Somali militants, an official said.
Chris Mann
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AP
July 1, 2012
A Russian space agency rescue team carries NASA astronaut Donald Pettit shortly after the Russian-made Soyuz space capsule landed on a steppe near Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. The capsule, which carried two astronauts and Russian cosmonaut, safely returned to Earth on Sunday after a half-year stint on the International Space Station.
Mikhail Metzel
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AP
July 1, 2012
Enrique Peña Nieto, top, waves to supporters after casting his vote during general elections at a polling station in Atlacomulco, Mexico. The presidential candidate for the Revolutionary Institutional Party won Sunday's contest.
Esteban Felix
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AP
July 1, 2012
Melissa Mgana kisses her daughter, Sofia, 5, as she surveys what’s left of their home in Colorado Springs after the Waldo Canyon fire ravaged their neighborhood. Her husband, Immanuel, had been deployed by the Army in East Africa but was allowed to return home when he received word of the damage.
Helen H. Richardson
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The Denver Post via AP
July 1, 2012
Tiger Woods poses with his trophy on the 18th green after winning the AT&T National golf tournament at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda.
Nick Wass
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AP
July 1, 2012
Cullen Jones wins the men's 50-meter freestyle final at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha. At left is Matt Grevers.
Mark J. Terrill
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AP
July 1, 2012
Brianna Glenn competes in the women's long jump at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials in Eugene, Ore.
Charlie Riedel
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AP
July 1, 2012
Lacie Goshay, 12, gives Columbus, Ohio, Mayor Michael B. Coleman a hug in the Dodge Pool. The mayor called on residents to check on their neighbors and come together as a community during the heat wave.
Abigail S. Fisher
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Columbus, Ohio, Dispatch via AP
July 1, 2012
A man jumps into the Treska River near the village of Matka, just west of Macedonia's capital, Skopje. The temperatures in the Balkan country hovered around 100 degrees, and residents sought relief in rivers and lakes.
Boris Grdanoski
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AP
July 1, 2012
Models display swimwear during a fashion show in the ancient Lebanese port of Byblos, north of the capital Beirut.
Anwar Amro
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AFP/Getty Images
July 1, 2012
Calgary Stampeders cheerleaders root for their team at the start of a Canadian Football League game against the Montreal Alouettes in Calgary.
Todd Korol
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Reuters
June 30, 2012
Leah Cecil, right, is crowned as Miss Southern California Regional by 2011 Miss California Noelle Freeman in Fresno.
Gary Kazanjian
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The Fresno, Calif., Bee via AP
June 30, 2012
Fernando Serna, 26, a transsexual who is also known as Stephanie de la Vega, has lipstick applied before delivering fliers for a gay pride parade in Medellin, Colombia.
Albeiro Lopera
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Reuters
July 1, 2012
Revelers attend the annual gay pride parade in Bogota, Colombia.
Fredy Builes
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Reuters
July 1, 2012
A reveler waves during a gay pride parade in Toronto.
Mark Blinch
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Reuters
July 1, 2012
Tiffany Soto cools off Sunday as she tubes down Turkey Creek with a little help from Stephen McCallister in Niceville, Fla.
Devon Ravine
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Northwest Florida Daily News via AP
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